{"id":68763,"date":"2024-03-08T10:17:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T15:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=68763"},"modified":"2024-04-29T16:29:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T20:29:02","slug":"samsung-employees-celebrate-international-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/samsung-employees-celebrate-international-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Employees Celebrate International Women’s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Samsung believes respecting diversity<\/a> and communicating with transparency not only drives individuals to fulfill their potential but also fuels innovation and growth<\/a>. As the company creates products and services that meet the needs of consumers around the world, this open mindset is seen as the key to true connection and success.<\/p>\n

To honor International Women\u2019s Day<\/a> on March 8 and reflect on the value of diversity, equity and inclusion<\/a> (DEI), Samsung employees \u2014 from executives to new hires and DEI managers \u2014 shared their thoughts on the company\u2019s thriving DEI culture.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDiversity is the engine of sustainable growth in a global company, and Samsung is committed to Innovation for All,\u201d said Younghee Lee, President and Chief Marketing Officer of Global Marketing Office at Samsung Electronics.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a global company, our brand philosophy<\/a> emphasizes solving customers\u2019 problems and helping them enjoy a better life with our technology and innovation<\/a>, regardless of their region, race or gender in any part of the world. We are making an effort to genuinely share this value with customers while supporting our mission throughout the organization,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n

Lee urged employees to establish a culture of accepting differences by \u201clistening to colleagues\u2019 opinions and having open discussions so that each person can fully realize their capabilities based on their unique background.\u201d<\/p>\n

In celebration of International Women\u2019s Day<\/a>, she advised women to always be themselves and trust their potential. \u201cI believe that if women challenge themselves and pursue what they truly want \u2014 in a way that\u2019s true to who they are, rather than blindly following others \u2014 it will be a meaningful step forward not only for them but also for society as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Samsung<\/p>\n

As a designer for Samsung Electronics\u2019 Interaction Design Team responsible for inclusive design<\/a>, Gunho Chae considers the brand\u2019s wide customer base to develop products and services that respect the diversity of all users.<\/p>\n

Samsung developed a glossary of terms to inform its inclusive language and created guidelines and training materials so employees are well-equipped to incorporate DEI values into all user interface elements and images.<\/p>\n

\u201cSamsung accepts all customers and recognizes their differences \u2014 regardless of their age, disability, family structure, gender identity, race, culture or socioeconomic status,\u201d said Chae. \u201cWe respect all users and strive to make our products, services, manuals and advertisements relevant to our customers for an enhanced user experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Michelle Anne Manglal-Lan, who oversees DEI<\/a> at Samsung Electronics America, seeks to create an environment where employees can smoothly communicate, understand and learn from each other. She is particularly committed to providing motivation to female employees and fostering a corporate culture where they feel empowered to unlock their potential. Last year, she organized the Americas Employee Resources Groups (ERGs<\/a>) conference to establish a network for collaboration and share best practices in DEI.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ERGs<\/a> were born out of our employees\u2019 interest and engagement with DEI,\u201d said Manglal-Lan. \u201cTogether, we are stronger and can achieve our goals faster. I\u2019m proud of the fact that our North America Region is the first office to launch an ERG.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Samsung<\/p>\n

A new employee at Samsung Electronics\u2019 Visual Display (VD) Division, Jiyoon Jang realized the company was more diverse than she had imagined when she first stepped foot in Digital City, Samsung\u2019s Suwon office. \u201cWe received DEI training during our new employee onboarding sessions, and I realized the importance of an inclusive culture in a place with such a diverse group of people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\u201cI knew Samsung made donations to social responsibility efforts,\u201d she said. \u201cSince joining I also learned that the company is sincerely committed to developing technologies that are truly inclusive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Relumino Mode<\/a> for people with low vision and Audible Subtitles for people who are hard of hearing are among some of the projects the VD Division has developed to make the company\u2019s products more accessible \u2014 and align with the department\u2019s slogan, Screens for All.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope the products that I work on in the future will contribute to diversity and inclusion and that I will be able to take pride in what I do,\u201d Jang said. \u201cI believe that discrimination against minorities and intergenerational conflicts stem from ignorance, so I am working hard to educate myself by attending sessions and reading about diversity, equity and inclusion<\/a> whenever I get the opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Samsung believes respecting diversity and communicating with transparency not only drives individuals to fulfill their potential but also fuels innovation and growth. As the company creates products and services that meet the needs of consumers around the world, this open mindset is seen as the key to true connection and success. To honor International Women\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29719],"tags":[29212,29654,289,24238,29811],"blue-badge":[],"class_list":["post-68763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corporate","tag-accessibility","tag-employee-resource-group-erg","tag-employees","tag-international-womens-day","tag-workforce"],"acf":{"turn_off_retargeting":false},"fimg_mobile_url":"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/08104522\/iwd-michelle-manglal-lan-card-200x200.jpg","fimg_url":"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/08104522\/iwd-michelle-manglal-lan-card-432x286.jpg","primary_category":{"term_id":29719,"name":"Corporate","slug":"corporate","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":29719,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1026,"filter":"raw","term_link":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/category\/corporate\/","term_path":"corporate"},"badge":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68763\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68763"},{"taxonomy":"blue-badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blue-badge?post=68763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}